My worry is that this incentivizes airlines to overlook safety concerns because grounding a risky flight or taking extra time to deal with unscheduled maintenance downtime will cost them money. It's a guaranteed certainty that some people will die because of it. I'd rather risk 300 bucks than my life.

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0xffff2 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Airline travel is safer than it has ever been in its entire history. What is your evidence for this hypothesis?

	▲	root_axis an hour ago \| parent [-]
		My evidence is the extensive history of corporations prioritizing profits over safety. The relative safety of air travel is not in dispute nor is it relevant to my point. If you give companies the option to choose they will always optimize for profits over safety.